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WGCA72 TJSJ 151659

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1250 PM AST MON AUG 15 2005



PRC007-021-025-045-047-061-063-101-105-127-151930-

CAGUAS-COROZAL-COMERIO-AGUAS BUENAS-GURABO-NARANJITO-MOROVIS-SAN

JUAN-BAYAMON-GUAYNABO-

1250 PM AST MON AUG 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM AST FOR THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITIES...



IN PUERTO RICO

     CAGUAS...COROZAL...COMERIO...AGUAS BUENAS...GURABO...

     NARANJITO...MOROVIS...SAN JUAN...BAYAMON AND GUAYNABO



AT 1240 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



ACCORDING TO USGS GAGES...RIO CANAS IS OVER ITS FLOODING STAGE. 

POSSIBLE FLOODING NEARBY AND ALONG THE RIVER COULD BE OCCURRING OR 

ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING OVER THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 1828 6624 1828 6635 1830 6638 1828 6632

      1828 6610 1830 6604 1828 6593 1828 6604

      1822 6618



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